Full house at the DESMA OpenHouse 2023

Fridingen, Germany – With the maxim “Partnering for Transformation” DESMA hosted the OpenHouse 2023 in Fridingen. With almost 300 visitors from the customer base and additional partner exhibitors, an extensive workshop program was offered in bright sunshine on how “Partnering for Transformation” can be implemented in practice. Over 30 machines, including highly automated production cells, were presented in the factory. There were also information stands and live demonstrations from participating partner exhibitors covering the entire elastomer article production process. In addition to various molds and cold runner systems, the in-house mold shop also presented the assembly and production of large cold runners and large molds.

The total of 5 workshops on various topics were very well attended and the lively interactive participation made it possible to obtain a very good picture of opinions and opinions on the various issues and to evaluate them directly within the workshops. These responses also made it very clear that a large part of the elastomer processing industry is currently facing major challenges.
In the factory halls, the visitors were able to see for themselves that the transformation at DESMA has already fully arrived, as evidenced by the vast majority of the different exhibits. In addition to various large machines, almost a complete cross-section of the DES-MA machine program was presented due to the very good order backlog, which was certainly unique in this level of detail.
With two fully automated production cells, with complex article pre- and post-processing, including integrated traceability marking, the DESMA Automation division was able to present its expertise. Visitors were also able to find out about the brushing machine construction that has been integrated since the beginning of the year.
Another highlight was the extended PCF Navigator Ecos, which can also directly access the real consumption data of the injection molding machine. The real data can simply be read in for this purpose. This means that the original purpose of a product carbon footprint assessment to find the best possible production technology has now been extended to include a reality check.

A challenging and well-filled day with a lot of “networking” was rounded off by a small social program with a joint evening banquet and live music.